1 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,880 Speaker 1: From Mediators World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is 2 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: Cal's weekend review, presented by Steel Steel products are available 3 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: only at authorized dealers. For more, go to Steel Dealers 4 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: dot com. Now here's your host, Ryan cal callahan. 5 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:25,439 Speaker 2: If you ever find yourself feeling lost, just remember that 6 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 2: you're not as lost as five wild flamingos recently spotted 7 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:33,920 Speaker 2: in Wisconsin, Home of the Badgers. I believe badgers and 8 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 2: flamingos don't typically overlap. The gangly pink birds were seen 9 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 2: in Lake Michigan, near the southern Wisconsin town of Port Washington, 10 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:44,199 Speaker 2: and biologists say this may be the farthest north the 11 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:47,560 Speaker 2: birds have ever been recorded. Let me jump back here, okay. 12 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 2: Caribbean birds in Wisconsin, near the town of Port Washington 13 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:58,400 Speaker 2: in a lake named Michigan copy Great. Wisconsin. Department of 14 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 2: Natural Resources officials who spoke with local media say the 15 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 2: Caribbean birds were likely disoriented by Hurricane Idealia in late 16 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:10,320 Speaker 2: August and pushed north to Florida. These five individuals kept 17 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 2: flying until they arrived at Lake Michigan, which is a 18 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:17,120 Speaker 2: long way from Florida. Locals wasted no time capitalizing on 19 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 2: the bizarre site crowds gathered to take photos. A local 20 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 2: bar rolled out the Pink Port Washington Flamingo Cocktail, and 21 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 2: a cupcake joint started selling pink Flamingo cupcakes. There's even 22 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 2: talk of renaming the beach Flamingo Beach, very very creative, 23 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:36,319 Speaker 2: and the access road Flamingo Drive. As for the fate 24 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 2: of the birds themselves, by alogists say they may not 25 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 2: make it. Flamingos don't migrate thousands of miles like other birds, 26 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 2: so it's unclear if they'll be able to figure out 27 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 2: how to get home. The hope is that they'll fly 28 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 2: south once the weather starts getting colder, but no one 29 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 2: can say for sure. Thanks to listener Scott Koons for 30 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 2: sending us that story, and listen not out of the 31 00:01:56,680 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 2: realm of possibilities that this is how it starts huntable 32 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 2: flamingo population. I imagine if they spend the winter in 33 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 2: Lake Michigan, those legs are going to have some hair 34 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 2: on them. Though there's another joke there, but we'll skip it. 35 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 2: This week, we've got the End Sinking Reality, cognitive corvids, 36 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 2: and so much more. But first I'm going to tell 37 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 2: you about my week. In My week was spent getting 38 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 2: prepared for the kickoff of rifle seasons as well as 39 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 2: the pheasant opener here in Montana. Picked up one of 40 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 2: those new weatherby three oh seven's super cool. That being said, 41 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 2: I did get a wild hair this weekend, Muskie Chet 42 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 2: and I headed out for a last ditch spearfishing adventure. 43 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 2: Chet packed up the Walleye boat, I packed up the 44 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 2: Black Series camper. All of a sudden, a heater is 45 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 2: very nice thing to have here in Montana, and I 46 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 2: wish we could say we were successful. The reason for 47 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 2: the motivation behind using an incredibly valuable fall weekend for 48 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 2: spearfishing instead of elk or deer hunting or grouse is 49 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:01,639 Speaker 2: that the water clarity in the fall here in Montana 50 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:05,639 Speaker 2: just gets better and better. Typically, what we found though, 51 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 2: was dirty water and cold, windy rain above it. I 52 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 2: froze my tail off and dove while Chester locked into 53 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 2: fish on the conventional tackle. By the time we wrap 54 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 2: that up, we had just enough time to filay some 55 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 2: fish and get that little lab out into the field. 56 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 2: Chet and I had just talked about one of my 57 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:29,799 Speaker 2: frustrations with Snort, the fact that once she determines there 58 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 2: are no birds in the field. She'll just kind of 59 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 2: half asset, just kind of trot along. She's only three, 60 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 2: you know, and she just cruises. This could be seen 61 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 2: as a smart dog way of conserving energy, but it 62 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 2: can also be seen as a little lazy. She doesn't 63 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 2: know for certain that there aren't birds there, but it's 64 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 2: plain to see that she's confident in her decision. Anyway. 65 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 2: That's the dog we got on the very first walk 66 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 2: we did. Human hubris is definitely present here. The person 67 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 2: wants the dog they are proud of to perform, work hard, 68 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 2: heck even show off when their hunt was somebody new. 69 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 2: On the second walk, when the sun was low and 70 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 2: rosy gray in the sky, Chet Andni's vests were barely 71 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:19,719 Speaker 2: on our shoulders as we left the truck, guns still 72 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 2: broken open in our hands, that little dog was tearing 73 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,719 Speaker 2: it up like a brand new dog. She ran one 74 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 2: hundred and twenty five yards latterly for every five yards 75 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 2: of forward progress. There was zero doubt as to the 76 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:36,279 Speaker 2: existence of birds in that strip of grass. The only 77 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 2: question here was when would we bump into them and 78 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 2: would it be before we ran out of good shooting light. 79 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 2: This particular evening was one where we had plenty of 80 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 2: legal light, but not much actual shooting light. I'll be 81 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 2: honest here, I was so wrapped up and watching that 82 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 2: dog work old Chat off to my side, whistling and 83 00:04:56,640 --> 00:05:00,080 Speaker 2: giving thumbs up and acknowledgment of that dog working so 84 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:03,360 Speaker 2: hard and fast, fast, like she knew the clock was 85 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 2: ticking that I missed the first bird, a sharp tail snort, 86 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 2: jumped right at my feet. I missed it twice. Thank 87 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 2: goodness for muskie Chat who knocked the rest off his 88 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 2: shotgun on the second bird, who flew on its own 89 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:22,719 Speaker 2: after a big delay. Is a surprise bird snapshot, great 90 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:26,039 Speaker 2: shot a couple minutes later, on the edge of questionable light. 91 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:30,119 Speaker 2: I did manage to redeem myself kind of Your second 92 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 2: barrel is nothing to be proud of. Kids. We wrapped 93 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 2: the weekend with Walleye filis a sharp tail piece and 94 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 2: another good adventure in the books. Moving on to the 95 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:46,360 Speaker 2: Apocalypse desk, It's never a party at the Apocalypse desk, 96 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:49,279 Speaker 2: but I have two reports today that are especially worrisome. 97 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 2: The first comes from the journal Science Advances, where researchers 98 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 2: recently published a study suggesting that humans have crossed six 99 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:02,279 Speaker 2: of nine planetary Boundariesitary boundaries, unfortunately, have nothing to do 100 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 2: with space exploration. Instead, these are the boundaries the researchers 101 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:09,479 Speaker 2: say we shouldn't be crossing if we want to maintain 102 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:12,560 Speaker 2: life on Earth as we know it. Prior to the 103 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:15,919 Speaker 2: Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century, humans had a limited 104 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 2: capacity to affect the entire Earth. But once we figured 105 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:22,119 Speaker 2: out how to burn fossil fuels and more efficiently produce 106 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:26,480 Speaker 2: food and other necessities, the Earth's human population exploded. We 107 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 2: started throwing more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, eliminating more 108 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 2: habitat and producing more synthetic chemicals. This was great for 109 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 2: lots of people, but not so great for the Earth 110 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:40,040 Speaker 2: and many non human animals. A two thousand and nine 111 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 2: study first outline nine planetary boundaries or constraints that keep 112 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 2: the Earth's environments similar to what it was prior to 113 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 2: the Industrial Revolution. These boundaries are biochemical flows, climate change, 114 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:58,920 Speaker 2: biosphere integrity, synthetic chemicals, deforestation, freshwater change, ocean acidification, atmospheric 115 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:03,279 Speaker 2: aerosol loading, and ozone depletion. This latest study says we're 116 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 2: out of bounce on the first six of those planetary constraints. 117 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 2: We've put too much phosphorus and nitrogen onto the landscape, 118 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 2: and we've increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to well 119 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 2: beyond what scientists say is safe. Those first two boundaries 120 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 2: get all the attention, but this study points out that 121 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 2: the other boundaries are equally important. Biosphere integrity includes genetic diversity, 122 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 2: which the study says is declining at a far too 123 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 2: rapid rate. We've also introduced far more synthetic chemicals than 124 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 2: were present for most of human history. These include quote 125 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 2: forever chemicals, which we've covered several times on this podcast 126 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 2: and can harm children and pregnant women. The study investigated 127 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 2: what percentage of these chemicals have been tested for safety 128 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 2: before being released, and found that in the European Union, 129 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 2: for example, a little place I like to call the EU, 130 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:57,440 Speaker 2: eighty percent of human made chemicals have been used without 131 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 2: testing for more than a decade. Forestation is another topic 132 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 2: we cover frequently. In this study found that just sixty 133 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 2: percent of once forested land remains forested. They say seventy 134 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 2: five percent marks the edge of safety because of forest's 135 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:14,679 Speaker 2: role in moderating our climate and keeping it human friendly. 136 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 2: The amount of fresh water in the landscape is less concerning, 137 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 2: but it's still one of the boundaries this study says 138 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 2: we've crossed. Some scientists are skeptical about the planetary boundaries model, 139 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 2: and others argue that humans will adapt to a changing 140 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 2: environment even if it's unlike anything we've seen before. But 141 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 2: this is far from the only study warning us that 142 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 2: humans may need to put more constraints on themselves if 143 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 2: we want to keep the Earth healthy. That benefits the 144 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:45,400 Speaker 2: planets and animals we love, and it also benefits us, 145 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 2: and let's be honest, we need all the help we 146 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:51,439 Speaker 2: can get. Another study, this one published in the journal 147 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 2: Nature Geoscience, predicts that mammals have lived half of their 148 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:58,679 Speaker 2: time on Earth and only have another two hundred and 149 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 2: fifty million years to call this planet home. That mass extinction, 150 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:06,600 Speaker 2: researchers say will be driven by several factors. One of 151 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 2: those is the reassembling of the planet's continents into a 152 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:15,200 Speaker 2: new super continent they're calling Pangaea Ultima. Pangaea Ultima will 153 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 2: be uninhabitable by warm blooded animals, largely because it will 154 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 2: be too hot. The energy released by the Sun increases 155 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 2: by one percent every one hundred and ten million years, 156 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 2: which will vaporize more water and create a greenhouse effect. Also, 157 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 2: because the land heats up faster than the ocean, Pangaea 158 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:35,240 Speaker 2: ultima will have large swaths of its interior that are 159 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:38,960 Speaker 2: too hot to sustain life. Volcanoes will throw more greenhouse 160 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 2: gases into the atmosphere, and only the southern and northern 161 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 2: peripheries of the super continent will be mild enough for 162 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:48,320 Speaker 2: mammals to survive. You might ask why we should care 163 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:51,360 Speaker 2: about something that won't happen for hundreds of millions of years, 164 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 2: And that's, you know, I guess a fair question if 165 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:56,560 Speaker 2: you know you're not into working hard, which the New 166 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 2: York Times post to a planetary climate scientist named Eric Wolf. 167 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 2: He pointed out that this research could one day help 168 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:06,840 Speaker 2: us spot life on other planets. As scientists began using 169 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 2: powerful space telescopes to peer at planets in other solar systems, 170 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:13,840 Speaker 2: they may be able to measure their continental arrangements to 171 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 2: infer what kinds of life might survive there. After all, 172 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 2: as Elon Musk might say, if Earth is headed for 173 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 2: the apocalypse, we might as well start looking for another 174 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:27,840 Speaker 2: planet to call home. Moving on to the rescue desk, 175 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:32,000 Speaker 2: a group of anglers are lucky to be alive after 176 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 2: their boats sank earlier this month, seventeen miles off the 177 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 2: coast of San Diego. Aaron Schwartzman and Brayden Bowers told 178 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:41,280 Speaker 2: local media that they were out on the ocean with 179 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 2: three other friends when the incident occurred. If those two 180 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 2: names sound familiar, I would humbly suggest that you rethink 181 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 2: how you spend your time. Schwartzmen and Bowers were both 182 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 2: contestants on the twentieth season of the TV show The Bachelorette. 183 00:10:56,280 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 2: Schwartzman was eliminated in week three, and Bowers, I'm sure 184 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:02,200 Speaker 2: I don't have to tell you this quit in week four, 185 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:05,920 Speaker 2: and it sounds like they found better ways to occupy themselves. 186 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 2: Do tell I'm sure you're saying. Schwartzman and his perfectly 187 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 2: chiseled jaw told Fox five San Diego that he'd just 188 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 2: bought the boat of his dreams. Apparently not long after 189 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 2: losing out on the woman of his dreams. One of 190 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:21,680 Speaker 2: his friends got his line caught on the engine propeller, 191 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 2: and when they tried to lift the engine to untangle 192 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 2: the line, that boat, like his chance at love, started sinking. 193 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:30,760 Speaker 2: The five men, however, did not panic. I assume they 194 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:33,679 Speaker 2: had some kind of floatation device, so the boat sank 195 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:37,280 Speaker 2: below the surface. They locked arms and started paddling. They 196 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 2: didn't have much hope, being seventeen miles from shore, but 197 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 2: after three and a half hours, someone found them. Chris 198 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:45,280 Speaker 2: Kieran told Fox five that he and his cousin were 199 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:48,360 Speaker 2: out looking for yellow fantuna when they spotted something reflective 200 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:50,559 Speaker 2: in the water. They motored over to see if the 201 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:53,200 Speaker 2: object in the water was hiding any fish, but instead 202 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:56,720 Speaker 2: they found what Kieran described as a quote school of men. 203 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:00,719 Speaker 2: We don't consider ourselves heroes. We're doing whatever any other 204 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:04,120 Speaker 2: fishermen would consider doing, Kieran said, adding that the rescue 205 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:06,680 Speaker 2: mission turned out to be the best catch of the day. 206 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 2: But man, wouldn't have been better if there is just 207 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:12,280 Speaker 2: like a bunch of mahi mahi's swimming underneath these dudes, 208 00:12:12,559 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 2: and I'd been like, yeah, you guys, keep paddling, gonna 209 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:18,880 Speaker 2: pick up a couple of fish. It is unclear why 210 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 2: the boat sank in the first place. None of the 211 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 2: anglers were injured during the incident, including our bachelorette contestants. 212 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 2: I guess it's true what they say San Diego is 213 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:30,160 Speaker 2: a classy place. 214 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:35,320 Speaker 1: They named it San Diego, which, of course, in German 215 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 1: means a whales. 216 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:44,680 Speaker 2: Moving on to the legal desk, Georgians have an opportunity 217 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:46,839 Speaker 2: to gain access to more streams and rivers in the 218 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:48,720 Speaker 2: wake of a bill passed this year by the state 219 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 2: legislature Senate. Bill one one five clarified that the state 220 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 2: owns all navigable stream beds, which are therefore open to fishing, hunting, passage, navigation, commerce, 221 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 2: and transportation. That might sound cut and dried, but regular 222 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 2: listeners know that river access issues are never simple. First 223 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 2: of all, the landowners who are at the heart of 224 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 2: this controversy say that the new law doesn't apply to them. 225 00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:16,240 Speaker 2: A group of landowners along the Flint River in western 226 00:13:16,280 --> 00:13:19,240 Speaker 2: Georgia tried to block public access to their portions of 227 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 2: the river. I just is it your river? Is it? 228 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:27,680 Speaker 2: And for how long? Give me the average age of 229 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:32,040 Speaker 2: these people? Please? These folks believed they had a legal 230 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 2: right above everyone else on the planet, and they sued 231 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 2: the Georgia Department of Natural Resources because they said the 232 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:41,600 Speaker 2: dn R failed to enforce their exclusive rights. A court 233 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:43,920 Speaker 2: ruled that people can float the river, but they aren't 234 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:47,760 Speaker 2: allowed to fish. Without landowner permission. Even though the court 235 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 2: made its ruling prior to the new law being passed. 236 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:53,560 Speaker 2: The landowners say that the court gave them permission to 237 00:13:53,720 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 2: prohibit public fishing on a public river. I'm pausing for effect. Though, 238 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:03,720 Speaker 2: to complicate things even further, it's still not clear which 239 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 2: streams and rivers count as quote navigable. The public has 240 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 2: access to any navigable river, but the state defines this 241 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 2: term as quote a stream which is capable of transporting 242 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:16,640 Speaker 2: boats loaded with freight in the regular course of trade, 243 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 2: either for the whole or part of the year. It 244 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:23,400 Speaker 2: clarifies that transporting wood in small boats doesn't make a 245 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 2: river navigable, but it does not say, for example, how 246 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:28,720 Speaker 2: much of the year a stream would have to flow 247 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 2: for it to meet this definition. Very interesting to me 248 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 2: because as the history of water rights and that crazy 249 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:40,480 Speaker 2: word navigable goes, commerce, friends and neighbors, if you did 250 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:44,440 Speaker 2: not know, started in this country with folks loading up 251 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 2: dugout canoes, very small craft and floating them down very 252 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:58,080 Speaker 2: small rivers, ladened with hides, and we're talking squirrel hides, mink, rabbit, deer, beaver, otter. 253 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:02,080 Speaker 2: Some of this stuff is just not that big, But 254 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 2: it is commerce, and they are navigating a river. And 255 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 2: just to go back to that, listen, it's commerce and 256 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:12,680 Speaker 2: it's navigating a river. And if you want to put 257 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 2: a quantity of whatever good you're talking about attached to that, 258 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:20,280 Speaker 2: you should go down and talk to your local shop owner. 259 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:23,520 Speaker 2: Go to a fly shop for instance, right, and you 260 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:26,480 Speaker 2: get into the weeds on what type of quantities they're 261 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:30,600 Speaker 2: dealing with on downdays, and then you tell them whether 262 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 2: or not you think that they are participating in commerce. 263 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 2: See how that goes? Anyway, Under this statute, the landowner's 264 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 2: exclusive rights to the stream bed extend to the low 265 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 2: water mark. If a stream is dried during the hot 266 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 2: summer months, does that mean that the landowner has rights 267 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 2: to the stream for the entire year. Some folks would 268 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:53,280 Speaker 2: say yes. Here's how the lawyers for the landowners I 269 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:55,840 Speaker 2: just mentioned put it. Quote. The fact that some of 270 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 2: the private property happens to be underwater does not negate 271 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 2: the fact it is private property. And because it is 272 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:04,480 Speaker 2: private property, one has no more right to stomp around 273 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 2: the river property and take fish than one has to 274 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:10,160 Speaker 2: set up a deer stand in a farmer's peak and 275 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 2: orchard or cast a net into a neighbour's coy pond. 276 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:17,000 Speaker 2: I said peak in there because some areas I think 277 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 2: George is a peak and state instead of a Pecan state, 278 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 2: right in, ask Coo at the mediat dot com. The 279 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:27,200 Speaker 2: good news is that the Georgia General Assembly has convened 280 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 2: a committee to study this issue, which gives the public 281 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:33,080 Speaker 2: chance to way in. The House Study Committee on Fishing 282 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:36,720 Speaker 2: Access to Freshwater Resources will be holding four meetings throughout 283 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:40,080 Speaker 2: the state in the coming months. They're tasked with recommending 284 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:43,600 Speaker 2: legislation that will resolve some of these issues, which may 285 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:47,360 Speaker 2: include a clear definition of navigable, a map showing which 286 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 2: streams the public can and can't access, and how much 287 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:55,400 Speaker 2: latitude to prohibit fishing landowners actually have. If you care 288 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 2: about stream access in Georgia, now is the time to 289 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:01,160 Speaker 2: get involved. These committee men need to hear from you, 290 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 2: and I'd also encourage you to find and attend one 291 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:07,360 Speaker 2: of these meetings. We'll post a link at the meat 292 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:10,159 Speaker 2: eater dot com forward slash cow to a list of 293 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:13,919 Speaker 2: the committee members. Big thanks to listener Duncan Connolly for 294 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:18,000 Speaker 2: bringing this issue to our attention. Moving on to the 295 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:22,440 Speaker 2: CORVID desk. A new study published in the journal Current 296 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:25,480 Speaker 2: Biology has confirmed for the first time that crows are 297 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:30,119 Speaker 2: capable of using statistical logic when making decisions. Scientists and 298 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:33,840 Speaker 2: everyday birdwatchers have known for centuries that crows and ravens 299 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:37,800 Speaker 2: are smart. Corvids, as they're collectively known, have a large 300 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:41,680 Speaker 2: brain for their size, in a particularly pronounced forebrain, which 301 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:45,840 Speaker 2: is associated with statistical and analytical reasoning. Crows have been 302 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 2: shown to recognize human faces, speak to each other, and 303 00:17:49,119 --> 00:17:52,120 Speaker 2: even use twigs as tools to extract bugs from tree bark. 304 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 2: In one experiment, crows were trained to recognize the difference 305 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:59,200 Speaker 2: between heavy and light objects by observing which one's blue 306 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:02,119 Speaker 2: in front of a fan. This ability to infer weight 307 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 2: without actually handling the object is a skill only associated 308 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:09,120 Speaker 2: with humans, and not usually until those humans are seven 309 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:12,840 Speaker 2: years old. You can find videos of this experiment on YouTube, 310 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 2: and it's pretty darned impressive anyway. In this latest experiment, 311 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 2: scientists wanted to know if crows could use statistical logic 312 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:24,760 Speaker 2: to make good decisions. Statistical logic is a fancy term 313 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 2: used to describe something you do every day. If you're 314 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 2: thinking about where to look for mule deer. For example, 315 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:33,680 Speaker 2: you use statistical logic to predict where the deer might 316 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:36,960 Speaker 2: be congregating at different times of year. If you saw 317 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:39,720 Speaker 2: lots of deer last September in Valley A, but not 318 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:43,199 Speaker 2: as many in Valley B, you use statistical logic to 319 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:46,199 Speaker 2: predict that Valley A will be a good decision this 320 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:50,200 Speaker 2: year as well. To test this ability in crows, researchers 321 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:53,359 Speaker 2: set up touchscreen displaying images and taught the crows that 322 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:56,879 Speaker 2: pecking at those images gave them treats. Once the crows 323 00:18:56,920 --> 00:19:01,159 Speaker 2: grasped this concept, they began to introduce statistical logic. The 324 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:04,360 Speaker 2: images didn't yield to treat every time, but some images 325 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:07,880 Speaker 2: yielded treats more often than others. They found that once 326 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 2: the crows had experienced with the various images, they were 327 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:13,760 Speaker 2: able to choose the image with the highest probability of 328 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:17,760 Speaker 2: reward every time. Then, just to confirm that their findings 329 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:20,359 Speaker 2: weren't dumb luck, they waited a month and gave the 330 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:23,960 Speaker 2: crows the same task. Just as before. The crows remembered 331 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:27,679 Speaker 2: the reward probabilities and could pick the highest one. Pretty 332 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:31,120 Speaker 2: cool stuff. I've often wondered whether crows are warning other 333 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:34,600 Speaker 2: animals about a human in the forest. Now, I wouldn't 334 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:37,360 Speaker 2: be surprised if they are. If deer could ever learn 335 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:39,800 Speaker 2: to speak crow, I think we'd all be in trouble. 336 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:43,359 Speaker 2: I do want to let everybody know this is a 337 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:47,720 Speaker 2: late season hunting tactic. Crows definitely tip hunters off as 338 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:50,960 Speaker 2: to where the elk are. Big herds of cows often 339 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:53,760 Speaker 2: have crows and ravens circling above them, so you got 340 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:57,080 Speaker 2: to pay attention to that. They liked the rewards left 341 00:19:57,119 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 2: over from hunters, the bipedal or fanged, wolfed kind of hunters. 342 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:07,359 Speaker 2: You know what I'm talking about there. Anyway, moving on 343 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:11,919 Speaker 2: to the crime desk, four people are facing charges in 344 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 2: Ontario for violating the province's fishery regulations in connection with 345 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 2: a recent tournament on Lake Nipissing. Now I know what 346 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 2: you're thinking. More anglers got caught stuffing weights into their fish. 347 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:27,119 Speaker 2: This story is actually a little different. The tournament had 348 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:29,480 Speaker 2: a rule that three of the five Northern pike anglers 349 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 2: catch had to have an overall length of less than 350 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 2: sixty one centimeters. These two teams of anglers allegedly trimmed 351 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:39,919 Speaker 2: the tails off their fish to meet that sixty one 352 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 2: centimeter max. They're denying the allegations, according to a press 353 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,199 Speaker 2: release from the tournament, and they seemed to be claiming 354 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:48,359 Speaker 2: that the fish had their tails cut at some point 355 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:50,919 Speaker 2: in the past. The winners of the tournament were not 356 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,600 Speaker 2: involved in this incident, but the two teams accused of 357 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 2: cheating did qualify for some prize money. Tournament officials say 358 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:00,960 Speaker 2: they won't be paying out that money until the matter resolved. 359 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,840 Speaker 2: The four anglers face charges of failing to keep fish 360 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:06,400 Speaker 2: in a manner that allows size to be easily measured, 361 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:09,639 Speaker 2: which comes with a one hundred dollars fine. Thanks to 362 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:13,440 Speaker 2: Dan Brow for sending in a truly unique fishing story. 363 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:16,800 Speaker 2: I mean, whoever thought a fishermen want their fish to 364 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 2: be smaller than they actually are. Next up at the 365 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:23,359 Speaker 2: crime desk and see if you can keep up with 366 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:27,359 Speaker 2: this one. A turtle trafficking suspect in Ohio was indicated 367 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 2: last month for striking a wildlife officer with his vehicle. 368 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:34,119 Speaker 2: Wildlife officials received a tip that two men were selling 369 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:37,639 Speaker 2: ready eared slighter turtles in Cincinnati, and they went to investigate. 370 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:40,439 Speaker 2: Sure enough, they found the men slinging turtles without the 371 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:43,600 Speaker 2: proper permits and they tried to arrest them, but thirty 372 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:46,560 Speaker 2: seven year old Alonzo Oliver Tucker wasn't about to go 373 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:49,639 Speaker 2: down without a fight. He allegedly failed to obey one 374 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:52,720 Speaker 2: of the officer's commands and fled in his vehicle, striking 375 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:56,320 Speaker 2: the officer as he accelerated. Oliver Tucker was on the 376 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:58,719 Speaker 2: lamb for a few days until he was eventually arrested 377 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:02,919 Speaker 2: in Pennsylvania. The officer only sustained minor injuries, but Oliver 378 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:06,360 Speaker 2: Tucker is likely headed to the clink. He was indicted 379 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:09,000 Speaker 2: on a felon account of assaulting a police officer and 380 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 2: another felony count of failure to comply with an order 381 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:15,560 Speaker 2: of a police officer. It is legal for Ohio residents 382 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 2: to sell offspring of wildcot ready or slider turtles as 383 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 2: long as they obtain a forty dollars permit and don't 384 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 2: possess more than four turtles, but according to the DNR, 385 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 2: Oliver Tucker lives in Philadelphia, he didn't purchase a propagation 386 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:31,720 Speaker 2: permit and had over one hundred turtles in his possession. 387 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:35,440 Speaker 2: As with all cases of commercial wildlife crime, it takes 388 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:37,880 Speaker 2: two to tango. If you're wanting to buy any kind 389 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:40,240 Speaker 2: of animal as a pet, be sure you purchase from 390 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:44,240 Speaker 2: a reputable dealer, not some guy selling turtles on the street. 391 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:49,920 Speaker 2: Speaking of commercial wildlife crimes, a Malaysian wildlife trafficker known 392 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:53,119 Speaker 2: as the Godfather was sentenced to eighteen months in prison 393 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 2: for a scheme to sell at least two point one 394 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:59,720 Speaker 2: million dollars in poached rhinoceros horns. Fifty eight year old 395 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:02,520 Speaker 2: tayo Oh Boon Ching was the middleman in the operation. 396 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,639 Speaker 2: He arranged a ship four hundred and eighty three pounds 397 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 2: of rhino horns he received from co conspirators in Africa 398 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 2: to buyers around the world. A forensic study by a 399 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:15,399 Speaker 2: US Fish and Wildlife Service laboratory revealed that Ching was 400 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:18,320 Speaker 2: selling horns from both black rhinos, which are listed as 401 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:21,960 Speaker 2: critically endangered, as well as white rhinos, which are near threatened. 402 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:24,959 Speaker 2: He was extra added from Thailand to the United States 403 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 2: because some of his buyers were in Manhattan. Without that 404 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:31,399 Speaker 2: rhino horn going into Manhattan, you could say there's going 405 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:34,359 Speaker 2: to be some people hard up, but that wouldn't be 406 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:37,719 Speaker 2: right because that's not what rhino horn is, you know, 407 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 2: supposed to do for you. Anyway, look it up sixty 408 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 2: percent of the time. 409 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:45,240 Speaker 1: It works every time. 410 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 2: Idaho game wardens are thanking members of the public for 411 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:52,760 Speaker 2: sending in a tip about a headless buck discovered last 412 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:56,200 Speaker 2: year near Egan. The tip led to a larger investigation, 413 00:23:56,440 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 2: and officers eventually confirmed that Brad Nicholas Hill had showed 414 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:02,840 Speaker 2: a mature antlered mule deer at night with a twenty 415 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:06,879 Speaker 2: two caliber long rifle during closed season. Hill was charged 416 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:09,760 Speaker 2: with a felony as well as additional fishing game misdemeanors. 417 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:13,639 Speaker 2: He pled guilty to two misdemeanors and was sentenced last month. 418 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:16,800 Speaker 2: He'll spend thirty days in jail, be on probation for 419 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:19,920 Speaker 2: two years, pay over three thousand dollars in fines, and 420 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:23,840 Speaker 2: have his hunting license suspended for life. That's all I 421 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:26,200 Speaker 2: got for you this week. Thank you so much for listening. 422 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:31,040 Speaker 2: Remember to write in to ask c Al that's Asscal 423 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:33,520 Speaker 2: at the Meat Eater dot com and let me know 424 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 2: what's going on in your neck of the woods. On 425 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:39,359 Speaker 2: top of that, go to www dot steel dealers dot com. 426 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:42,359 Speaker 2: Find a local, knowledgeable steel dealer near you. They're gonna 427 00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:43,960 Speaker 2: get you set up with what you need and they 428 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,000 Speaker 2: won't try to send you home with what you don't. 429 00:24:46,480 --> 00:25:00,239 Speaker 2: Thanks again, we'll talk to you next week.